Epea pteroenta. Or, The diversions of Purley. / By John Horne Tooke, A.M. late of St. John's College Cambridge.
| Author/creator | Tooke, John Horne |
| Other author | Kneass, William, 1780-1840, engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The first American edition. From the second London edition. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Wm. Duane, 1806[-1807] |
| Description | 2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 11462. ^A575643 |
| General note | In the form of a dialog between H. and B. in v. 1, and between H. and F. in v. 2. |
| General note | First two words of title transliterated from Greek. |
| General note | Title of v. 2 varies in punctuation, with a colon replacing the period following "Epea pteroenta," and a comma inserted following "St. John's College." Vol. 2 has imprint date: 1807. |
| General note | Plates engraved by William Kneass. |
| General note | "Note. The publisher of this first American edition, apprises the friends of literature, that the author proposes to publish a third part of this invaluable work: which it has been intimated, may appear in London in the Spring of 1807 ..."--v. 2, p. [490]. This proposed third volume was never published. |
| General note | "W. Duane, & Son, printers, Philadelphia."--v. 2, colophon (p. [490]). |
| General note | Vol. 1: [8], 432 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [8], 379, 400-463, [27] p., [1] leaf of plates. |
| General note | Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 212-216 misnumbered 112-116; v. 2, p. 122-123, 228 misnumbered 222-223, 238, and page numbers 380-399 omitted from sequence. |
| General note | Indexes to words discussed, v. 2, p. [465-490]. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 11462 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 11462). |
| Genre/form | Dialogues. |
| Other title | Diversions of Purley |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |